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How Food Companies Sneak New Ingredients Past the FDAFood Integrity Now is excited to share this very important article written by by Thomas Galligan, PhD, Jensen N. Jose,and Andrienne Crezo from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. It is a must read about how food companies sneak new ingredients past the FDA and how we are being deceive...
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Gene Editing – Really Scary Technology?What is all the fuss about CRISPR-Cas9 technology and gene editing? Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism’s DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular loc...
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Altered Genes, Twisted Truth – The FDA’s Illegal Release of GE FoodsIn 1998, when Steven Druker’s organization, the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, and several other plaintiffs, including 9 well-credentialed life scientists, filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they had no idea what they were about to discover and uncover. The story t...
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The Dark Act (H.R. 4432) A Travesty of JusticeWhen there is a hearing in the House of Representatives, shouldn’t the American people be represented? On December 10, 2014, H.R. 4432 (The Dark Act) was heard in Washington. This hearing was to discuss the issue of GMO labelling and if passed would preempt any State labelling–in esse...
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Pamm Larry: Initiator of Prop 37, Makes a Call to Action on I-522 and the TPPPamm Larry, the initiator of Proposition 37 in California, takes her inspiration, knowledge and expertise to Washington to help with Initiative 522. She spoke with Food Integrity Now today about I-522 (mandatory labeling of GMOs in Washington by 2015) and the Yes on 522 campaign. This Initiative ...
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Exposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): This Affects EveryoneHave you heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Many have not and that is by design! This “free trade” agreement that would set rules on non-trade matters such as food safety and labeling, internet freedom, medicine costs, financial regulations and the environment.This secretl...
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News for Foodies – April 2013Subscribe now https://fintegrity.wpengine.com/2013/03/20/welcome-to-food-integrity-now/ On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced Bills to the Senate and House of Representatives that would require food manufacturers to clearly label an...
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Food Integrity Now – Geoscientist Leuren Moret: The Fukushima Disaster Isn’t Over, Take Your Iodine! – E42
Do you believe the assurances by the EPA that the radiation from Fukushima is too diluted to harm our health? After all, we can’t see it, smell it, taste it, or feel it. There’s probably nothing to worry about, right? But Leuren Moret, a geoscientist who has been working to educate about the consequences of nuclear technologies, knows better. Her experience working at a nuclear weapons laboratory, and her research on the health impacts of nuclear facilities, gives her a thorough understanding of the ramifications.
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Food Integrity Now – E18 – Barbara Kowalcyk – Discussing food safety and S.510
You know Barbara Kowalcyk, founder of The Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention, from the hit documentary Food Inc. Her son tragically died from eating e.coli-tainted beef. Barbara has been making large strides towards increasing the safety of our food and was a recent recipient of The LennonOno Award for Peace. She took some time out of her busy schedule to call us from the Netherlands to talk about what’s going on with CFI, and to help us decipher S.510, the much debated Food Safety Modernization Act.